Hanuman2547

Now is the time for the Thai people to raise up and make their voices heard one or the other.  Not saying it will change the outcome of anything but they need to become involved.  

There's a group that runs at Nichada Thani which isn't far from Pakkret but I think it is all female.  They might know of some groups that are open to male and females.  

HHH in Thailand is fun!

13 hours ago, Gknrd said:

Yes if you want to support the government with your donation of 800K baht. haha

Why would anyone be donating 800K?  It's in the bank under their name.  Although it has to be parked there for a certain amount of time while one is going through the retirement visa process one could always withdraw the 800K and leave the country at any time with their money.  

Once again more confusion from the office that should know better.  If they could make the requirements easier it might attract more tourists.  Instead they continually modify the different types of visas and leave everyone, including themselves, confused as to what is available.  This plays out with each immigration office having their own version of how it should work.  

On 8/16/2022 at 5:36 AM, TonyFromItaly said:

I've heard that if the Thai wife die, It's a big problem with the Marriage Visa for a foreigner, because the marriage Visa expires consequentially.
How was your experience?
Thanks

None.  I didn't have a marriage visa.  I was on a work visa.  

4 hours ago, rwill said:

I'm one of the weirdo's.  My wife is older than I am.

Welcome to the club.  However, my Thai wife passed away many years ago.  Oh, and I met her in my country where she was a graduate student.  

It appears that the border near the town of Prachuap Khiri Khan is still closed to foreigners according to go-myanmar.com Arriving and departing from Myanmar (Burma) over land | Go-Myanmar.com (go-myanmar.com)  "The Singkhorn Pass is only open for Myanmar and Thai residents travelling either way for up to two days. It connects Mueang Prachuap Khiri Khan (Thailand) with a very remote part Myanmar's Tanintharyi Division" 

Obviously there will be "dual pricing" in effect when stopped by the BIB.  You can count on that.  

On 8/8/2022 at 8:06 PM, Purdey said:

While the country needs to defend its borders against Burma, Cambodia and Malaysia, for who else is likely to invade,

 

Laos!  They are up there plotting it now! 555

1 hour ago, thailand49 said:

My thought? 

Sadly the U. S. Is in the business of selling when it comes to Thailand, why the need?   They have time and time again declare China as their brother!  

Brought with Chinese money will be ship to China,  they will break it down piece by piece with educated Chinese from the U. S.  Steal and copy all the technology. 

????

That wouldn't surprise me at all!

On 6/20/2022 at 12:30 AM, timendres said:

An actual example. When my second wife and I decided to divorce, I attempted to proceed with the divorce in the State of Michigan where we were married. Despite every attempt, it was impossible due to the State's residency requirements. However, due to the marriage being registred here in Thailand, we were able to complete the divorce here, which then has to be recognized by Michigan.

 

While a marriage certificate from another country would likely be accepted in other legal settings, such as property registration, etc., I suspect the Thai marriage certificate would be easier to work with.

Seems like the US state of Michigan kind of has things backa$$wards.  They won't accept a US citizen to get divorced in Michigan despite being married there.  They will however recognize a foreign document stating that they are divorced.  

I would suggest looking at ajarn.com for more guidance in this area.  I'm pretty sure that they have had this same question asked many times.  

Yes, dogs can learn commands in both Thai and English.  My dog understands commands in both but better in Thai.

My oldest luk krung son has a dog but only speaks English to it as does his farang GF.  Can tell that dog to "sit" in Thai all you want.  It still stands there.  Tell it to "sit" in English and it sits right away.

4 hours ago, kwonitoy said:

Kanchanaburi to Three Pagodas Pass

 

I did that drive back in the mid 90's.  It was a fun trip.  Could not travel into Myanmar at that time through the land border.

Had a friend who 20 years ago was a teacher at an international school.  At 203cm and a size US 16 (49) shoe he didn't even bother with shoe shopping in Bangkok.  He just stocked up on shoes and some other clothes when on home leave.  There was no online shopping back then.

On 7/17/2022 at 4:56 PM, OneMoreFarang said:

That means more than half still support a lying traitor who is also incompetent, thinks he is super smart, and and and.

Really?

Are that the qualities which you want for the American president, the most powerful person in this world?

 

I understand that people also don't like Biden and many other politicians. So how about voting (in the primaries and later) for someone who at least tries to be honest? How about someone who knows his limitations and doesn't think he knows everything? And how about someone who tries to unite the people in the country? Or is that too much to ask?

Not more than half.  It's still less than half but under the US Presidential electoral college system you only have to win certain states to gain enough electoral college votes (270) to win.  

Honesty?  Not going to happen.

Unfortunately it's too much to ask.  

On 7/17/2022 at 5:51 AM, overherebc said:

Then again why on earth would anyone want to live in the usa?

Ask all the people lined up at the US/Mexico border trying to get into the USA, legally or otherwise.  Or all the people who arrive on a valid visa but never return to their country.  Obviously there are a lot of people that want to live there.  

The US Republican party will fight tooth and nail to stop any type of restrictions on firearms.  It is  a core value of their political platform.

I think I'll pass on this offer.  Not willing to invest in Thai businesses.

Go big or go home.  Get a Peloton.  Lots of great features and programs to choose from.  

1 hour ago, MadMuhammad said:

It was initially listed @ 7, came down to 6 then we negotiated for 5. it sat for 12 months after the build and we bought in 2020 so I’d say coronavirus played a part. 
 

We vendor financed. 3mil baht deposit with 1mil over 3 years @ 2% with a 1mil balloon at the end. The vendor came to us inside a year asking for the balloon payment early as they needed money to plow into their plastic factory, I negotiated a further 300000฿ discount.

I paid the final amount owing last month, a year early. Worked well for us. 
 

I understand people’s reservations with purchasing in their wife’s name but it comes down to a case by case basis.
My wife comes from a genuinely good family, no children & University educated. I married her when She was 25 years old and paid no sin sod. Intellectually we are on a similar level and we share the same outlook on life and the future, and she puts me first. Before herself, before mum & dad, before friends. 
She’s hands down the best woman I’ve ever met in any country. 4 years together now and I’ve never been happier 

My Thai wife came from a fairly wealthy family.  I met her in my country when she was in graduate school.  Her family, Mom & Dad, gave us a house.  We also bought some other houses in her name over the years.  After she passed away from cancer the houses were all put in our luk krung children's names as they have Thai citizenship.  We rent them out and have a relative staying in one, on a very inexpensive lease, as neither of the children who are grown up live in Thailand.  

My boys went to this school.  It's a huge school of roughly 6,000 students, all boys, in grades 1-12.  200 infections really isn't that many when you consider 6,000 students and about 400 staff.  

Looks like a lot of guys married to Thai women will have to have the Thai wives make the hotel bookings when they go somewhere in country.  

For many reasons, I don't think Thailand will be successful in winning the bid to host the World Cup.